Ite, missa est

Ite, missa est (Latin for " Go down, it is the transmission! " - " Missa " is probably late Latin for " missionary " ) is the Entlassungsruf the deacon or the celebrant at the end of the Holy Mass. This call indicates that the worship assembly is completed. The faithful respond with: Deo Gratias ( "Thanks be to God ").

History

Until the reform of the liturgy in the wake of Vatican II, it was customary in the Catholic Church that the final blessing followed the Entlassungsruf. Then the priest wore before the final gospel, the Prologue of John's Gospel.

In measuring without Gloria the Ite, missa est was originating from the Franco- Gallic liturgy Benedicamus Domino ( "Let us praise the Lord !") Replaced; in memory Fairs by reputation Requiescant in pace ( " May they rest in peace ").

In the Octave of Easter reputation Ite, missa est and the response was accompanied by a two-fold Alleluia.

Presence

In the Missal of the Roman Catholic Church the blessing before the Entlassungsruf will be donated in the ordinary form of the Roman rite. This is the Latin Office Ite, missa est. - Deo Gratias .. In the German Missal according to Antiochene Byzantine model " Go in peace ," to which the congregation responds: "Thanks be to God, Lord". The two-time Hallelujaruf, if the Entlassungsruf is sung, are used throughout the Easter season.

By the Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI. about the extraordinary form of the Roman rite are the peculiarities of the Roman Missal in the edition of 1962 re-authorized for liturgical use.

In most Old Catholic Churches of the Entlassungsruf continues ahead of the final blessing. Only the Old Catholic Church in Germany has made ​​his own the innovation, but the answer is slightly modified. It says here: " Praise and thanks be to our God ."

Musical settings

Since the " Ite, missa est " is not a choir, but a single singer plays, it was not suitable for setting as part of a polyphonic mass. The answer " Deo Gratias " was set to music in some early masses variously polyphonic, for example, by Guillaume de Machaut in his Messe de Nostre Dame. Already because of the brevity of the text is missing both the Entlassungsruf and the response, however in nearly all Mass settings.